Jing Jie, Schizonepeta tenuifolia herb - 8 oz.

Jing Jie, Schizonepeta tenuifolia herb - 8 oz.

Jing Jie, Schizonepeta tenuifolia herb - 8 oz.

SKU FES944-8
Brand Far East Summit Single Herb Liquid Extracts
Unit Size 8 oz
Potency 8:1
Taste Acrid, Sweet - Bensky
Properties slightly warm - Bensky
Contraindications Contraindicated in cases of exuberant fire from yin deficiency, spasms from blood deficiency, or in the absence of pathogenic wind, dampness, or cold. - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology Headache, chills, body aches due to externally-contracted wind-cold; Exterior wind-damp painful obstruction; Trembling of the hands, tetany; Recurrent, painful diarrhea with bright blood in the stool due to Intestinal wind - Bensky
Actions Binds the lower burner in order to secure the essence, contains urination, halts chronic diarrhea. - Bensky
Pattern Exterior patterns of Wind-heat or Wind-cold - Bensky
Channels Entered lung, Liver - Bensky
Chinese name Jing Jie
English name Schizonepta Stem or Bud
Description

Excerpted from  Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

  • Releases the exterior and dispels wind:  for exterior patterns of either wind-cold or wind-heat (depending on the herbs with which it is combined).  Also for carbuncles or boils when they first erupt, especially when accompanied by chills and fever.*
  • Vents rashes and alleviates itching:  for the intital stage of measles and pruritis skin eruptions.*
  • Stops bleeding:  as an auxiliary herb for hemorrhage, e.g., blood in the stool or uterine bleeding.  Best used charred for this action, as in Sophora Japonica Flower Powder (huai hua san).*
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